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Stephen Reeder Donaldson is an American fantasy, science fiction and mystery novelist, most famous for The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, his ten-novel fantasy series. His work is characterized by psychological complexity, conceptual abstractness, moral bleakness, and the use of an arcane vocabulary, and has attracted critical praise for its "imagination, vivid characterizations, and fast pace". He earned his bachelor's degree from The College of Wooster and a Master's degree from Kent State University. He currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. May 1947
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Works

Lord Foul's Bane
Lord Foul's Bane
Stephen R. Donaldson
The Wounded Land
The Wounded Land
Stephen R. Donaldson
Reave the Just and Other Tales
Reave the Just and Other Tales
Stephen R. Donaldson
Lord Foul's Bane
Lord Foul's Bane
Stephen R. Donaldson
The Wounded Land
The Wounded Land
Stephen R. Donaldson
Reave the Just and Other Tales
Reave the Just and Other Tales
Stephen R. Donaldson
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Famous Stephen R. Donaldson Quotes

“This you have to understand. There's only one way to hurt a man who's lost everything. Give him back something broken.”

Stephen R. Donaldson The Wounded Land

Source: The Wounded Land (1980)

“Any belief that puts itself beyond doubt nurtures its own collapse.”

Stephen R. Donaldson book Reave the Just and Other Tales

Source: Reave the Just and Other Tales

“Joy is in the ears that hear, not in the mouth that speaks. The world has few stories glad in themselves, and we must have gay ears to defy Despite”

Stephen R. Donaldson book Lord Foul's Bane

Foamfollower, Lord Foul's Bane

“Stone and sea are deep in life
Two unalterable symbols of the world
Permanence at rest
And permanence in motion
Participants in the power that remains”

Stephen R. Donaldson

Source: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

Stephen R. Donaldson Quotes about life

“Did I do a whole life's laughing in that little time?”

Stephen R. Donaldson book Lord Foul's Bane

Thomas Covenant, Lord Foul's Bane

“When last comes to last,
I have little power:
I am merely an urn. I hold the bone-sap of myself,
and watch the marrow burn.
When last comes to last,
I have little strength:
I am only a tool. I work its work; and in its hands
I am the fool.
When last comes to last,
I have little life.
I am simply a deed: an action done while courage holds:
a seed.”

Stephen R. Donaldson book The Power that Preserves

Healer, The Power that Preserves, the third book of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

Stephen R. Donaldson Quotes

“It is wrong to ask for more than you give freely. In this way, we come to resemble what we hate.”

Stephen R. Donaldson

Source: The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever

“Go to hell," Covenant mumbled. "Don’t you ever sleep?"
"The Bloodguard do not sleep."
"What?"
"No Bloodguard has slept since the Haruchai swore their Vow."
With an effort, Covenant pulled himself into a sitting position. He peered blearily at Bannor for a moment, then muttered, "You’re already in hell.”

Stephen R. Donaldson book Lord Foul's Bane

Thomas Covenant and Bannor, Lord Foul's Bane

“One word more, a final caution: Do not forget whom to fear at the last. I have had to be content with killing and torment; but now my plans are laid, and I have begun. I shall not rest until I have eradicated hope from the Earth. Think on that, and be dismayed!”

Stephen R. Donaldson book Lord Foul's Bane

Lord Foul, Lord Foul's Bane

“Alas for the Earth! We are overthrown and have no friend to redeem us. Beauty shall pass utterly from the Land”

Stephen R. Donaldson book Lord Foul's Bane

Berek, Lord Foul's Bane

“The heart cherishes secrets not worth the telling”

Stephen R. Donaldson

Foamfollower in Lord Foul's Bane, quoting the Elohim

“Foamfollower's question caught him wandering. "Are you a storyteller, Thomas Covenant?"”

Stephen R. Donaldson book Lord Foul's Bane

Foamfollower and Thomas Covenant, Lord Foul's Bane, the first book of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever <!-- page 182 of the 1978 Ballantine Books/Del Rey paperback edition -->

“When you've tried all the salves in the world and they don't work, you start thinking about fire”

Stephen R. Donaldson The Wounded Land

Thomas Covenant, The Wounded Land

“Despair and bitterness are not the only songs in the world”

Stephen R. Donaldson

Lord Mhoram, The Power That Preserves

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